Agenda item

This is an opportunity for public questions to be addressed to the chair.

Residents or persons working in the borough may ask questions on any matter in relation to which the council has powers or duties.

Responses may be supplied in writing following the meeting.

A resident asked about traffic issues on Astbury Road which had been raised at several meetings previously, producing photographs of lorries getting stuck on the road. Councillors responded that the issue had been raised with TfL on numerous occasions and they had promised to undertake a traffic survey which had not yet been done. The issue had been raised with Harriet Harman and Val Shawcross, councillors urged residents to keep the pressure on TfL to complete the survey.

Councillors were asked about plans for the Golden Jubilee and the Olympics and what the impact would be on the borough. Councillors responded that they hoped a legacy would be built from the Olympics and funding had been made available to local groups for that purpose. There would also be cultural events in the borough around the Olympics and the Southbank would be dressed. There would of course be additional costs associated with more visitors to the borough.